Winter's Wolf (The Cursed Book 1) by Lou Grimes

Author:Lou Grimes [Grimes, Lou]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2020-04-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Two wolves tore through the trees, their paws pumping as fast as they could. The moonlight revealed the larger one to be a steel grey that was accentuated with darker grey fur. The smaller of the two was a chocolate brown and black tipped fur.

They zigzagged erratically, but never truly leaving each other’s sides for more than a few yards. Never did they once halt their momentum. The wolves ran like something was chasing them because something was. Several somethings stalked them. The pack chasing them stuck to the shadows as they did.

The followers made ground on the outnumbered two. The two continued on as if they were going to reach something before the others caught them. The brush that they broke sounded unbearably loud to Louvette’s ears as she watched. Her heartbeat resonated between her ears, making her question whether her heart was even in her rib cage.

The chocolate wolf made the wrong move first. Instead of following its counterpart, it decided to make walk up the creek. The other wolf sustained its speed as their chasers discovered the chocolate wolf’s mistake. Excited snarling and snapping met the grey wolf’s ears and its paws faltered for the first time. Louvette couldn’t breathe. Its furry ears twitched towards the noise, but its face turned back to the original direction that it had been set on.

It made whatever decision it had to make, and the shadows engulfed it as it left the clearing, still progressing forward. Louvette’s attention turned to the other wolf that was being followed.

The river hindered the chocolate wolf’s run. The wolf circled back and forth a few times, sensing the others were creeping up behind it so it couldn’t return in the direction it had come. The others caught up in no time.

It backed into a corner created by rocks, cliffs, and the river. The wolf had nowhere to go. White teeth glistened in the moonlight as the pursuers snarled at the caught prey.

It was no challenge to figure out who the leader was. It was the biggest dark grey wolf out there. The leader urged the others to the chocolate wolf as it stalked closer.

Louvette’s eyes began to burn because she couldn’t look away. She was sure they were going to kill the chocolate wolf, and for some reason she needed to see it happen. A flash of grey darted between the chocolate wolf and the pursuers. It began tearing into the leader wolf.

The grey wolf had returned for the chocolate wolf. Its sudden attack had caused the circle to break into chaos as the two fought to death and the others cheered them on. The chocolate wolf looked at the grey wolf that defended it.

The chocolate wolf decided what it would do in less than a second, though it seemed like years to Louvette. Tail tucked, it scuttled away into the forest.

The grey wolf, familiar confused eyes, was overrun as fur, teeth, and claws as the entire opposing pack went for the kill. Their sickening crunches and barking echoed through the forest and Louvette’s pounding head.

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